Bloomers.



M. E. KILLEAN.

BLOOMERS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8,1913.

Patented Sept. 1

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BLOOMERS.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 8, 1913. Serial No. 788,724.

To all whomiit may concern.- I

Be it known that I, MARGERET E. KInLEA I, a citizen of the United States, residlng 1n the city and county of San Francisco-and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bloomers, of which draw-strings and continuous elastic bandsare dispensed with.

A further object is to provide a garment.

,of the above character which is close fitting so as to be worn under fitted skirts without forming unsightly bulges or creasesin the latter, and which garment can be readlly put on and removed.

The invention primarily resides in a garment having continuous front, seat and leg portions, with a back portion continuous with the front portion at the sides and slashed vertically on each side of its center to form a flap and an opening closable thereby above the seat, means for rendering the flap laterally elastic, and means for fastenirig the flap to the sides of the opening.

The invention further consists of the partsand the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are front and back Views, respectively, illustrating the garment .as worn. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the garment fron'i'the back. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the upper edge of the flap. Figs. 5 and 6 are unassembled views of the back and front portions, respectively, of the left half of the garment; the patterns for the garment corresponding to the figures illustrated in the views. I

In carrying out the present invention, the main portion of the garment is made with four pieces of any suitable fabric, desig nated as 123 and 4'in the drawings,.a nd particularly shown in Fig. 3; the pieces 1 and 2'forming the front portion and the pieces 3 and 4 forming the rear portion of the garment. The front pieces 1 and 2 correspond in outline with each other, except.

that they are reversed to form right and left a members which are stitched together along versed to form right and left members which are stitched together along the edges the edges from a to b; the back pieces and 3 likewlse agreeing with each other and re' Patented Sept. 1, 1914. i

from c to 05,. The front pieces 1 and 2 are stitched to the rear pieces 3 and 4, respec-.

tively, along. their outer edges from their upper edges at e, located at the waist-line, to a point at f a short distance above their lower edges 9; theedges from fto gbeing hemmed to form slits 5' at the lower outer side of the leg' portions of the garment, which are designed to extend to a point immediately below the knees of the wearer.

- The front pieces 1 and 2 are also stitched along the inner edges' 6 to h to theinner,

edges 03 to z' of the back pieces 3 and 4, respect-ively; the edge bh being gathered from h to j to bring the edge g-(I. to the position indicated indott'ed lines k in Fig. 6,

. and thereby form sufficient fullness 6 on the front lower ends of the leg portions to per- ,mit of free movement of the knees. A seam e-f .will thus be formed on the sides of the The essence of-the present invention resides in forming the back portion of the garment at a point above the ,seat with a peculiarly constructed-fiap7 which is formed by a pair of parallel V-shaped slits 8 in the back pieces 3 and 4, extending from the upper edge thereof a short distance on each side of the center 0 to; a point slightly above the seat. The flap 7 is formed with a pair of spaced plaits 9, commonly termed box-plaits, which extend from the upper edge of the and 4, and terminates at the slits 8; the

upper edges of the front portions being conflap to a point well down on the seat portion of the garment on each side of the center A caved at'the centratditakn up" by darts 11 on each side of the center to obviate fulland around the waist.

I provide a yieldable or elastic tensioned portion in the waist-band; the ,flap 7 being gathordinary glove fasteners are provided for;

are secured to thebodyportion ofg t L ment along the edges of the. slits of the flap are drawn over in opposition to:

' l5 whichextend from one side of the slits along the bottom edges of the leg portions to tictapes l5 and fastened by glove clasps or? ness and insure a snug fit across the front A gathered elastic tape 12 is stitched at intervals to the upper edge of the flap 7, to

ered between the stitches connecting the elastic tape thereto, as shown in Fig. 4, to! permit extension of the elastic tape.

The side edges ofthe flap 7 are designedthe tension of the elastic tape 12andsecured to the main body portion of the garment by f means of the fasteners 13-44. The elastic: tape will then operateto tension the waist-; band 10 to hold it snug around the waist and retain the garment in lace. j

The lower ends of t e leg portions are to' be secured. below the knees of the wearer} and areprovided with gathered elastic tapes the opposite side of the slits. The slits 5 are drawn together in opposition to the elas 1 other devices 16, after the garment is put on; the clasps 16 being unfastened in put-5 ting on and removing the garmentto faci1itate passing the'lowerends of the leg-portions' over the feet.

The crotch .porti'onof the garment, is reinforced on the interior by a ad 17, which is indicated in'broken lines in ig. 3, which .pad may be permanently stitched in place or may a removable perspiration pad.

The garment -hereinbefore described 1s preferably made of silk crepe or other pliable fabric, and may be made very close fitting and yet permit of free bodily move-' ment, by reason of the box-plait'ed back and flap, the elastic insert-in the waist-band and the'gathered fullnessvat the knees. 1

' In some instances it may be desirable to form the back members 3 and 4 in one piece so as to obviate a seam from points a to d in the center of the back, in which event such fullness as may exist will be taken up in the gathers at the upper end of the flap 7 and in the plaits 9.

Having thus described my invention what IElaim and desire ent is:

In a bifurcated nethengarment, a" waist band having separated ends secured to the upper edgeof the garment, said waist band being formed of inelastic material, a flap connected to the seat, an elastic band at the upperedge of the flap directly connected to the endsof said flap,.fastening means at the ends of the waist band, and fastening means at the ends of the flap to engage with the first named fastening means, whereby said elastic band of the flap acts to tension the waist band and to draw same taut and smooth. i

to secure by Letters Pat:

In testimony whereof I have h ereuntoset my hand "in the presence of two subscribing 

